All Supermarkets articles – Page 39
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AnalysisThe Big Question: Are grocers doing enough to enforce Covid safety rules?
With the mutant variant of Covid-19 running rampant through the UK and the government questioning the role of supermarkets in the spread of the virus, industry experts offer their view on whether grocers are doing enough to enforce guidelines.
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NewsBooths enjoys strong Christmas trading driven by turkey and alcohol sales
Family-owned supermarket Booths reported strong sales over the Christmas period driven by sales of turkey crowns and alcohol.
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NewsBig four grocers ban customers who refuse to wear face masks
All of the big four grocers have now commited to banning customers who refuse to wear face masks in their stores without medical exemptions.
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NewsBrexit: M&S warns of tariff impact as NI supermarkets struggle with supply
Marks & Spencer today warned that its EU businesses would be “significantly impacted” by new red tape and tariffs under the Brexit deal, while supermarkets in Northern Ireland are struggling with shortages.
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NewsRecord Christmas supermarket sales as lockdown curbs spending elsewhere
UK supermarkets saw record-breaking sales in December, fuelled by coronavirus restrictions that forced non-essential retailers to close stores in the run-up to Christmas.
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NewsSupermarkets to airlift fruit and veg to UK to avoid stock shortages
Grocery retailers and suppliers are planning to airlift fresh produce into the UK after Christmas in a bid to prevent stock shortages in stores.
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AnalysisData: Can social media predict this year’s Christmas winners?
With Christmas imminent and swathes of the UK’s most populous areas effectively back in lockdown, can social media engagement help predict who will still prevail in this coming festive period?
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NewsTesco reintroduces purchasing limits on certain products
The UK’s largest grocer Tesco has reintroduced customer purchasing limits on several products, following a spate of stockpiling after the ports closed.
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NewsTesco and Morrisons to open stores with reduced hours on Boxing Day
Tesco and Morrisons will open their stores with reduced hours on Boxing Day to allow staff to spend more time with their families over the festive period.
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NewsBrexit: Supermarkets given grace period on Northern Ireland supply checks
UK supermarkets will be allowed to continue supplying Northern Ireland stores without checks at the border, deal or no deal, from January 1.
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NewsCompetition watchdog to investigate Issa brothers’ Asda acquisition
The competition watchdog has launched a probe into the Issa brothers’ £6.8bn takeover of Asda.
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NewsKingfisher agrees to return business rates relief in full
The board of home and DIY giant Kingfisher has agreed to return more than £130m in business rates relief in full, becoming the latest retailer to do so.
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Opinion‘Essential retailers may have shot sector in foot with rates relief repayments’
In the space of a few days, a wave of essential retailers has voluntarily returned the best part of £2bn in business rates relief to the government. In doing so they have won the public relations battle, but have they lost the long-term rates reform war?
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NewsLidl joins retailers returning business rates relief with £100m payback
Discounter Lidl has become the latest retailer to agree to waive the business rates relief it received at the start of the pandemic by repaying £100m to the government.
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AnalysisData: Waitrose tracks online grocery first-timers and changing tastes
Waitrose & Partners’ latest Food and Drink Report highlights that, in a year dominated by the pandemic and national lockdowns, customers moved online more than ever before and became oddly fixated on fermentation.
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NewsAsda to repay £340m in business rates relief
Asda has become the latest in a growing list of grocers to voluntarily waive business rates relief and repay the government in full.
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NewsAldi becomes latest grocer to commit to repaying business rates relief
Discount grocery chain Aldi has said this morning it will pay back over £100m in business rates relief, becoming the fourth grocer to do so in 24 hours.
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NewsSainsbury’s and Morrisons to repay £714m business rates relief
Grocery chains Sainsbury’s and Morrisons have both followed Tesco’s lead by committing to repay a combined £714m of business rates relief.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Tesco’s rate repayment likely to trigger domino effect
Tesco’s decision to repay its business rates relief in full will almost certainly lead to a chain reaction of others following suit. But while other dominoes look set to fall, many in the industry are questioning Tesco’s true motives.
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NewsTesco to open over 300 stores for 24 hours in run-up to Christmas
Grocery giant Tesco is set to open over 300 of its stores for 24 hours, with the remainder extending opening hours, from the middle of December until Christmas.